DAR sets September award of Luisita

Close to 5,000 hectares of sugar farms belonging to the family of President Aquino will be awarded in September to farmer-beneficiaries, an official of the Department of Agrarian Reform said on Wednesday.

Undersecretary for Operations Jose Grajeda said the department will distribute the lands to 6, 212 farmers-beneficiaries of Hacienda Luisita.

“Allow us first to finish the raffle-draw of lot assignments to begin next week and is expected to end by Aug. 2,” he told the Manila Standard...